Take notes in class! You'll be tested on lecture points that are not in the readings. Study the assigned readings. Think about the issues brought up in class. especially when I say something like "Imagine that!" or "Isn't that strange?" or "What do you think of that?" No Scantrons or exam pamphlets needed. For all answers, you can use the paper the exam is printed on. Tests are open book, open notes. Multiple choice, true/false, fill in the blanks, and essays. If you don't have a web-connected device you can take to class, consider printing out the PowerPoint sections.
FINAL EXAM
Review your mini-exams for the kinds of questions to expect.
Be prepared for identifications and essays.
Areas to review, both textbook assignments and PowerPoints:
Greek and medieval philosophy: Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Juliana
Religion, western and eastern: Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Islam
The nature of mind & perception: Descartes, Hume, Locke, Kant
Existentialism: Camus, Sartre
Society and economics: Locke, Voltaire, Hegel, Marx
PRACTICE TEST: 30 basic questions in philosophy
(The answer to "aesthetics" is written in rather dense language.)Try this test not so much for content as for practice in doing multiple choice exams.
http://www.wiziq.com/online-tests/5883-basics-of-philosophy
To do well on tests and exams -
Take notes in class! You'll be tested on lecture points that are not in the readings.Study the assigned readings.
Think about the issues brought up in class. especially when I say something like "Imagine that!" or "Isn't that strange?" or "What do you think of that?"
No Scantrons or exam pamphlets needed. For all answers, you can use the paper the exam is printed on.
Tests are open book, open notes. Multiple choice, true/false, fill in the blanks, and essays.
If you don't have a web-connected device you can take to class, consider printing out the PowerPoint sections.
FINAL EXAM
Review your mini-exams for the kinds of questions to expect.
Be prepared for identifications and essays.
Areas to review, both textbook assignments and PowerPoints:
Greek and medieval philosophy: Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Juliana
Religion, western and eastern: Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Islam
The nature of mind & perception: Descartes, Hume, Locke, Kant
Existentialism: Camus, Sartre
Society and economics: Locke, Voltaire, Hegel, Marx
Third World thought: Senghor, King, Tutu
Feminism and caring: Daley, Gilligan, Noddings
Campbell and finding your own heroism